Smyrna times., 1887-10-19

week, and it resulted in a verdict for
GOiS or cents and costs. The costs
IN IN TINS case alone amount to 1912, so that
MI HAZEL possesses about the costli-
est shovel in Kent county.
KILLED ON A RA1LRoAD.-Joel
smack of Selbyville, Sussex county
was instantly killed by special train
on the ID. M. & v. railroad, near Show
ell station last Friday evening. He in
company with James Collins, colored
OF Berlin, Nd, were riding on a rail.
road Velocipede, and while on a curve
OF the railroad, where thew could neil
Their see nor be seen by trains. thew
were run into by the extra. Collins
was seriously injured.
The Delaware State Tournament As
ISOLATION gave an exhibition Monday
afternoon, at Wilmington, before less
than 100 people. The contests were
Ior the money prizes aggregating sos.
To-day the championship trophy will
be tilted for by the knights who ran in
Mondays exhibition. The array Of
knights was led by James r. Hoffecker.
of Middletown, late candidate for gov
ernor on the Temperance Reform
ticket.
Friends meeting house in Little
Creek Neck, has stood as a landmark
for the past century, and within its
walls in former years the leading fami-
lies of the Neck were wont to gather
for worship every Sunday. The
Big Quarterlies" brought additional
Friends from all over the Peninsula
until the house and grounds were both
filled. All this has changed. For sew
eral years no worship has been held
i'll the meeting house, not a Friend be-
ing left in the neck all of them having
died or moved away. The building
has been purchased by Mr.. D. NJ. VIII
son, who will turn it into a double
/ dwelling for farm hands. The burvino
ground has been detached from the
meeting house. Three sides of the
cemetery were surrounded by q brick
wall, and the remaining side next the
church has been walled in, making il
one of the best fenced burying ground.
in the county. The late George Cor
don left $500 to keep the grounds in re
pair; his grandfather, who lived Oh
the Is. l.. Wharton farm, near Lebanon
Is buried there.-Stdte Sentinel.
NEW FIRE ExTINGUIsHER. --Eacl
decade brings forth some improvement
in the method of extinguishing fires
and the old bucket system in use
hundred years ago is now unknown
The hand engine has also passed away
and has been replaced by steam fire en-
gines, which in turn have, since thei
introduction, been greatly improved
Sprinkling pipes have been placed il
many large industrial establishment.
but the trouble has been that they re
quired some one to turn on the waite
but now an automatic sprinkler ha
been invented, which in the event
fire in the room where it is placed wi
turn on the water and extinguish til
flames itself. This is certainly an in
pOrtant invention, and if it will d
what the inventor claims for it, will
it comes into general use, greatly d
. crease the number of destructive fire
The practical test of the Automat
5 Fire Sprinkler, given at the Kiamen
= Mills Saturday, cOnclusively shows i
i superiority over all other apparatus,
/ for eXtinguishing fires, and that a fl
t can aud is made to act as the means
extinguishing itself. The test prove
everything that Colonel Gray CLAIM
for his invention, and that a mill
4 mandatory fitted with this system
as safe from a destructive cOn6agratiC
: rs human ingenuity can make it.-W
naingtOn Republican.